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meteoroid

noun

Etymology

From meteor + -oid.

  1. derived from μετέωρον
  2. derived from meteorum
  3. derived from météore
  4. suffixed as meteoroid — “meteor + oid”

Definitions

  1. A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that…

    A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at meteoroid. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at meteoroid. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at meteoroid

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA